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Calcite from
Lane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:massive, in the quartz veins
Habit:massive
Colour:white
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:754024
Long-form Identifier:1:3:754024:0
GUID (UUID V4):f34b2b15-ce06-4fc3-b03a-3c16f22afa46
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.3km (0.8 miles) New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.0km (4.9 miles) Stevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) Little Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) Sandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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